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Lest We Forget #ANZACDay2025

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Defeating Nazism, splitting the atom, landing on the Moon, ending various diseases thanks to antibiotics/vaccines...yep none of that made America great. Everything just went to shit after Harding died.

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While I'm home recovering from being ill - I was running a fever last night - I might as well get caught up on my marking. (the most teacher thing to say/do on a sick day)

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We've spent the best part of a year exploring assessment in school. We've overhauled our reporting systems, built in moderation processes and undertaken peer observation cycles. The key finding in it all is that great formative assessment depends on good oracy.

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Thousands of spectators stepped into the faux-medieval world of Kryal Castle in Ballarat to watch jousting's answer to cricket's Ashes rivalry.

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It’s pretty easy to imagine the trends we’ve seen from smartphones (alienation, anxiety, reduced reading comprehension and persistence) compounded dramatically by LLMs.

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The date is set, and here’s your cheat sheet to the 2025 Australian federal election.

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Australia is going to the polls! #May3 #auspol #5Weeks www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...

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Baseball in silent comedy

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From Australia, I say #ElbowsUp 🇨🇦

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Change and continuity in debates about the teaching of History in Australia (SMH, 19 October 1931).

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Points to the sign again 👇🏽

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The Army just deleted without explanation its page about the 442nd “GO FOR BROKE” infantry regiment—the Japanese American WW2 unit that is the most decorated in US military history. Archive is here: web.archive.org/web/20250304... Page was here: www.army.mil/asianpacific... Disgusting.

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"Where is the King of America?' Thomas Paine had an answer in 1776 in "Common Sense." And it IS common sense. In America, the LAW is King. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Bjj...

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"In America, THE LAW IS KING." Thomas Paine, 1776. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Bjj...

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With vaccination under attack worth reading this, which I think is the most understated powerful thing Roald Dahl ever wrote.

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In 1943 Gauleiter Paul Giesler spoke at the Ludwig Maximilian university. Imagine the scene, swastikas everywhere, high ranking nazis who could have you shot for even the slightest 'defeatist' comment, many of the students wearing uniforms as well.

submitted 69 days ago • 5 comments

🧵 Some of you knew me in my "raw milk" era. This overlapped with lots of quips and eye-rolls regarding the lengthy government regulations for, of all things, the sale of cabbage. +

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Dominant performance from Jannik Sinner! 🎾 #AO #AustralianOpen

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Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce. Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.

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As we start the new year, I would like to remind everyone that it is now almost 120 years since the US decided consumer protection - by which I mean regulation - mattered. Given the upcoming presidential inauguration, let's talk about how that happened - and why it's so important. (A thread)

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I want to be a real girl! #Pinocchio #HATM

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Constitution reinstated, but Barbie still isn't completely happy - this begins the part I like the best in the film: equality and Barbie wanting to be real #Pinocchio #HATM

Lest We Forget #ANZACDay2025

Defeating Nazism, splitting the atom, landing on the Moon, ending various diseases thanks to antibiotics/vaccines...yep none of that made America great. Everything just went to shit after Harding died.

While I'm home recovering from being ill - I was running a fever last night - I might as well get caught up on my marking. (the most teacher thing to say/do on a sick day)

We've spent the best part of a year exploring assessment in school. We've overhauled our reporting systems, built in moderation processes and undertaken peer observation cycles. The key finding in it all is that great formative assessment depends on good oracy.

Thousands of spectators stepped into the faux-medieval world of Kryal Castle in Ballarat to watch jousting's answer to cricket's Ashes rivalry.

It’s pretty easy to imagine the trends we’ve seen from smartphones (alienation, anxiety, reduced reading comprehension and persistence) compounded dramatically by LLMs.

The date is set, and here’s your cheat sheet to the 2025 Australian federal election.

Australia is going to the polls! #May3 #auspol #5Weeks www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...

Baseball in silent comedy

From Australia, I say #ElbowsUp 🇨🇦

Change and continuity in debates about the teaching of History in Australia (SMH, 19 October 1931).

Points to the sign again 👇🏽

The Army just deleted without explanation its page about the 442nd “GO FOR BROKE” infantry regiment—the Japanese American WW2 unit that is the most decorated in US military history. Archive is here: web.archive.org/web/20250304... Page was here: www.army.mil/asianpacific... Disgusting.

"Where is the King of America?' Thomas Paine had an answer in 1776 in "Common Sense." And it IS common sense. In America, the LAW is King. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Bjj...

"In America, THE LAW IS KING." Thomas Paine, 1776. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Bjj...

With vaccination under attack worth reading this, which I think is the most understated powerful thing Roald Dahl ever wrote.

In 1943 Gauleiter Paul Giesler spoke at the Ludwig Maximilian university. Imagine the scene, swastikas everywhere, high ranking nazis who could have you shot for even the slightest 'defeatist' comment, many of the students wearing uniforms as well.

🧵 Some of you knew me in my "raw milk" era. This overlapped with lots of quips and eye-rolls regarding the lengthy government regulations for, of all things, the sale of cabbage. +

Dominant performance from Jannik Sinner! 🎾 #AO #AustralianOpen

Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce. Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.

As we start the new year, I would like to remind everyone that it is now almost 120 years since the US decided consumer protection - by which I mean regulation - mattered. Given the upcoming presidential inauguration, let's talk about how that happened - and why it's so important. (A thread)

I want to be a real girl! #Pinocchio #HATM

Constitution reinstated, but Barbie still isn't completely happy - this begins the part I like the best in the film: equality and Barbie wanting to be real #Pinocchio #HATM

The fact that Ken is still looking for Barbie's love and approval... #HATM

Stepford Barbie #HATM

Top Gun reference as Barbie is driving by the beach #HATM

I love the teenage destruction of Barbie. #HATM